Couri Johnson

In this novel-in-stories, Couri Johnson explores personhood, womanhood, the nature and pain of love and growth and transformation. The Girl Who's many women enter worlds unknown in the perpetual entanglement that is being alive.

25 strangely marvelous stories Sana Aslam, "Paper Child" Pete Barnstrom, "How Danny Rodeo Became the Crown Prince of the Penguins" Christopher Barzak, "Gap Year" Marvin Brown, "Canine" John Bullock, "How Mia Learned to Dance Emily Dressler, "The Bloody Nose" Michael Goroff, "Grief Counseling" Steven Gowin, "Tragedy and Wreck" Tim Jeffreys. "The Queen of Swans" Couri Johnson, "The Girl in the Garden" Jason Jurkowski, "Collapse" Dave Materna, "Jimi the Wrassler" Kacie Menendez. "Lenny Pays the Devil" Jason Mullin, "The Amazing Solomea" Dallas Quinn Nypaver, "The Most Expensive Snack Pack" Robert Pope, "The Winning Ticket" Suzanne Garcia Pino, "Black Hole IRL" Jeremy Sayers, "The Want of a Nickel" Lisa Sarkis. "Body of Evidence" Steven Smith, "The Dance of Hitler" Norman Thompson, "The Bird Sings More Sweetly in the Field" Meghan Louise Wagner, "What's Dad Gonna Do?" Eric Wassermen, "Trampled Under Foot" Andrew Wehman, "A Dead Blind Man" Gregory J. Wolos, "Svengali"

The 2021 Wild Women collection of stories and poems highlights the elemental nature of the Wild Feminine.

Satan's youngest daughter works at a call center. The Twelve Dancing Princesses lure men into an underground nightclub. A dancing bear falls in love and into addiction. The Queen of All Magic throws a party on the bayou to celebrate the death of her soulmate. I'll Tell You a Love Story does exactly as its title promises; tells love stories. Stories that blend the ordinary with the mythic, mixes the everyday with fables, and shifts between hope and heartache.